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Furry Fiesta 2015 Was a Disaster!!! :_(
11 years ago
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Well, I finally made it back from Furry Fiesta. But, I have to say this was the worst year ever for me!
Friday:
After a stop at Kitsuno's job for Jeffy to pick up Kit's paycheck and a breakfast stop at Round Rock Donuts, I followed Jeffy and Alika from Austin to Dallas. It was a crazy mad dash up IH-35 to the Dallas Intercontinental Hotel. After Opening Ceremonies, I got a Polish Sausage sammich from a food truck outside the hotel.
At 3 PM, I got my roommates and checked in. Unfortunately, one of my roommates was snowed in Pennsylvania, and could not make it. Without putting more burden on the others, I paid the portion of the missing roommate.
After 4, I found Bogie, and got to stay with him for a while. We went to the Cub Panel, then I went briefly to the Inflatable Party, before attending the Cubby Story Time with Unkie Path. After storytime, I returned to the Inflatable Party, then went to bed.
Cedar Fever was obviously in the air, as told by the coughing, snoring, and sneezing in the room every night. At least I took some Claratin D and Afrin, so I wouldn't disturb my roomies.
Saturday:
At 10AM, I got to meet FableFire and collect my badges from the Dealer's Den! Promptly at 10:30, I had to rush downstairs and catch a shuttle to the Guest of Honor Luncheon. We were taken to a really good Italian restaurant, and we were stuffed nearly to the gills with super-nummy noms! By 1 PM, I returned just in time to suit up for the Fursuit Parade! I wore my fursuit with slipper sneakers and toon gloves. I blew up a large blue Wubble ball, and carried and squished it throughout the parade, just like in my Marci badge! I didn't realize carrying a large rubber bubble could so exhausting...
After the parade and de-suiting, I heard the cubs were organizing a trip to an All You Can Nom Sushi place at 7:30! (Last year, I went with Phoenix Audobon to Tokyo One.) After finding Bogie, I waited for sushi-time. Unfortunately, things went bad. I heard the time was moved up to 7, and then heard it was moved back to 8, and then heard the place we were going to was Osaka, which is the name of a Tapanyaki/Hibachi place in San Antonio. Because I was exhausted and hurting from the parade, I got upset over all the confusion. Fortunately, things were straightened out, and we got to have AYCN sushi. I enjoyed it, but other cubs complained about things.
Sunday (f$&@in- A):
On my way up to Austin on Thrusday, I got a phone call regarding an entry from a contest I participated in last month. I was selected to receive either cash or prizes after I inspected a vacation resort. The initial facility was near New Braunfels, but I missed the cutoff time for the tour. They were able to squeeze me in for Sunday at 4 PM in a town called Flint. Unfortunately, it was two hours away.
So, at 1 PM, I left Dallas to see this place. I arrive at the place at 3, hoping to get through the tour before Closing Ceremonies, and before the weather got worse. The entire thing turned out to be a scam!!!!!111!!1 The facility was actually a time-share property out in the middle of nowhere. I suppose if you want to get away from everything, this place would be ideal. But this was not right for me. After going through the tour and fed their sales pitch, I politely turned down their offer.
So, here's what I got for my time: a vacation to a luxury destination, and a scratch card for a chance to win money or a shopping spree or a second vacation. After I scratched off five spots and an access code, I won a second vacation, which I have to pay money to use for each. I quickly drove back to Dallas, only to discover Closing Ceremonies was long over with.... I was so angry, I could've shot someone! I told Vermy about my misadventure, and immediately knew who I had dealt with.
PS, I'm not happy Furry Fiesta has to change dates for next year to March. And why in the world did they choose Bayou Nights as next year's theme? Is TFF moving to Louisiana or something?!
Monday:
As fortold by the Weather Channel, a bad winter storm hit north Texas, covering it with freezing rain and sleet! Rather than spending all day wallowing in misery, I decided to travel home at 10 AM. Fortunately, I drove in bad icy conditions when I lived in Denver 20+ years ago. After driving between 30-45 MPH on IH-35E for two hours, the ice subsided enough I didn't have to worry about circling back. When I reached Waco, the ice was gone from the roads, so I drove full-speed all the way back to Del Rio.
This entire weekend was a disaster! Lots of stress from driving, weather, misinformation, and getting yiffed by witty con men. I have to say this was the worst year for Furry Fiesta in the seven years I've attended. But there were a couple of highlights: got to see Bogie, even thought it was very brief; the fursuit parade was fun, and people loved the Wubble ball; tasty unlimited sushi was nommed; and I managed to find parking spaces open at the hotel, so I didn't have to pay for parking.
Friday:
After a stop at Kitsuno's job for Jeffy to pick up Kit's paycheck and a breakfast stop at Round Rock Donuts, I followed Jeffy and Alika from Austin to Dallas. It was a crazy mad dash up IH-35 to the Dallas Intercontinental Hotel. After Opening Ceremonies, I got a Polish Sausage sammich from a food truck outside the hotel.
At 3 PM, I got my roommates and checked in. Unfortunately, one of my roommates was snowed in Pennsylvania, and could not make it. Without putting more burden on the others, I paid the portion of the missing roommate.
After 4, I found Bogie, and got to stay with him for a while. We went to the Cub Panel, then I went briefly to the Inflatable Party, before attending the Cubby Story Time with Unkie Path. After storytime, I returned to the Inflatable Party, then went to bed.
Cedar Fever was obviously in the air, as told by the coughing, snoring, and sneezing in the room every night. At least I took some Claratin D and Afrin, so I wouldn't disturb my roomies.
Saturday:
At 10AM, I got to meet FableFire and collect my badges from the Dealer's Den! Promptly at 10:30, I had to rush downstairs and catch a shuttle to the Guest of Honor Luncheon. We were taken to a really good Italian restaurant, and we were stuffed nearly to the gills with super-nummy noms! By 1 PM, I returned just in time to suit up for the Fursuit Parade! I wore my fursuit with slipper sneakers and toon gloves. I blew up a large blue Wubble ball, and carried and squished it throughout the parade, just like in my Marci badge! I didn't realize carrying a large rubber bubble could so exhausting...
After the parade and de-suiting, I heard the cubs were organizing a trip to an All You Can Nom Sushi place at 7:30! (Last year, I went with Phoenix Audobon to Tokyo One.) After finding Bogie, I waited for sushi-time. Unfortunately, things went bad. I heard the time was moved up to 7, and then heard it was moved back to 8, and then heard the place we were going to was Osaka, which is the name of a Tapanyaki/Hibachi place in San Antonio. Because I was exhausted and hurting from the parade, I got upset over all the confusion. Fortunately, things were straightened out, and we got to have AYCN sushi. I enjoyed it, but other cubs complained about things.
Sunday (f$&@in- A):
On my way up to Austin on Thrusday, I got a phone call regarding an entry from a contest I participated in last month. I was selected to receive either cash or prizes after I inspected a vacation resort. The initial facility was near New Braunfels, but I missed the cutoff time for the tour. They were able to squeeze me in for Sunday at 4 PM in a town called Flint. Unfortunately, it was two hours away.
So, at 1 PM, I left Dallas to see this place. I arrive at the place at 3, hoping to get through the tour before Closing Ceremonies, and before the weather got worse. The entire thing turned out to be a scam!!!!!111!!1 The facility was actually a time-share property out in the middle of nowhere. I suppose if you want to get away from everything, this place would be ideal. But this was not right for me. After going through the tour and fed their sales pitch, I politely turned down their offer.
So, here's what I got for my time: a vacation to a luxury destination, and a scratch card for a chance to win money or a shopping spree or a second vacation. After I scratched off five spots and an access code, I won a second vacation, which I have to pay money to use for each. I quickly drove back to Dallas, only to discover Closing Ceremonies was long over with.... I was so angry, I could've shot someone! I told Vermy about my misadventure, and immediately knew who I had dealt with.
PS, I'm not happy Furry Fiesta has to change dates for next year to March. And why in the world did they choose Bayou Nights as next year's theme? Is TFF moving to Louisiana or something?!
Monday:
As fortold by the Weather Channel, a bad winter storm hit north Texas, covering it with freezing rain and sleet! Rather than spending all day wallowing in misery, I decided to travel home at 10 AM. Fortunately, I drove in bad icy conditions when I lived in Denver 20+ years ago. After driving between 30-45 MPH on IH-35E for two hours, the ice subsided enough I didn't have to worry about circling back. When I reached Waco, the ice was gone from the roads, so I drove full-speed all the way back to Del Rio.
This entire weekend was a disaster! Lots of stress from driving, weather, misinformation, and getting yiffed by witty con men. I have to say this was the worst year for Furry Fiesta in the seven years I've attended. But there were a couple of highlights: got to see Bogie, even thought it was very brief; the fursuit parade was fun, and people loved the Wubble ball; tasty unlimited sushi was nommed; and I managed to find parking spaces open at the hotel, so I didn't have to pay for parking.
Sorry that you had a little bad time. I can't believed that they moved it to march, after my sister's birthday.
I too have had scratch cards and survey things come in the mail. My advice is to ignore them all... a scratch card for winning anything from a Slap-Chop to a $10,000 prize. The trouble is it's a hidden sales pitch about a FilterQueen home air-purification system. It sounds good, except you don't know what you've won until you've had them trying to sell you this device for up to 90 minutes, probably using your phone to call their boss and everything. Looking ahead at it all you could go through with all of it, rack up a $30 phone bill by the time you've got it all over and done with, and then they'll give you the Slap Chop which is worth much less than the time you spent trying to get said prize, let alone the phone bill you have to cough up and pay. So I tore it up and burned it with the rest of our paper and cardboard rubbish in the fireplace.
Anyways that's enough about that stuff, at least I'm glad you're alright and didn't get stuck in the snow on your way home.
*juggles tight and gives balloons*
I wish I was there or could have went, maybe I might have been able to make your time there a little more happy or something.
maybe someday we can hook up and have funs somewhere at a con or somethings.
*hugs and gives you a cart of baloons*
I'm going to be attending my first con next month. It's not a furcon, but it's literally right down the street from where I live!